MOUNTFIELD VILLAGE HALL FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 7PM FOR 7.30PM START

Trish Jones’ talk – ‘Why is Mountfield here?’

In her illustrated talk Trish Jones, who looks after the Mountfield village archive, will try to answer this question, as well as why the village has developed in the way it has. The talk will cover a history of our village, from earliest times to the present day.

Trish will also have copies of both volumes of ‘Mountfield Meanderings’ for sale, (illustrated histories of Mountfield) at £7.50 each, as well as ‘Lady Mabelle’s Coffee Shop’ at £5.These books are sold to raise funds for the Village Hall. She also has a few copies of ‘Silas and the Mountfield Treasure’ by the late Trevor Sully at £7.50.

Bar and light refreshment will be available. Doors open 7pm for

7.30 start.

Everyone is welcome. Entry by donation with all profits going towards funds for the upkeep of the Village Hall, please be as generous as you can.

The Messenger Magazine’s Annual Readers Get-Together will start at 7.00pm on Wednesday 26.11.25.
All readers of the Messenger Magazine are warmly invited.

The meeting is in Mountfield Village Hall (make sure you go to the right village hall!)

There will be FREE DRINKS (alcoholic and soft) and nibbles. This is partly a social occasion, an opportunity to have a relaxing chat with neighbours and others in Brightling, Dallington, Mountfield and Netherfield. It is also our AGM (Annual General Meeting) so there will be some brief formalities (very brief, we promise) including electing the committee that runs the magazine between parties.

We will also be showing off our ideas for an updated cover design, please come and give us your views.

The committee hopes that as many people as possible will come. It’s an opportunity to show your support for the magazine (if you like it) or tell us what’s wrong (if you don’t like it!), or just a relaxing evening with a glass of wine or something.

I look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday evening.
Andrew Wedmore (Chair, Messenger Magazine)

 

 

Reference my previous post about the Mountfield Children’s Christmas Party on 14.12.25 – can you please book ASAP, but definitely by 30.11.25, so we can see numbers attending.
Irene – Parish Clerk

VE Day 80 at Mountfield Village Hall

Plans for the VE Day 80^th anniversary event at Mountfield Village Hall on the afternoon

of Saturday 10^th May from 12.00 – 6.00pm continue to be made. The Hall Committee would like to put out a call for help with the following tasks:

• Help to set up the hall on Friday afternoon of 9^th and Saturday morning of 10^th May
• Volunteers to assist in the kitchen serving tea, coffee and cake during the afternoon
• Help to prepare ploughmans lunches (10am-12pm)
• Bake a cake for the refreshment stall
• Hold a donations collecting bucket at the entrances to the hall
• Donate a raffle prize
• Sell raffle tickets during the afternoon

If you can help on any of the above please let Neil Whines know on 07802 703708 or email: mountfieldvh@gmail.com

Cakes and raffle prizes can be left at the hall during the day on Friday or Saturday morning, thank you.

The event itself will include the prize winning re-enactment group ‘Barbed Wire and Bunting’ with a women’s land army display and WW2 military lorry, plus other vintage vehicles.

There will be an exhibition of Mountfield at War and a WW2 display of artefacts from Robertsbridge Aviation Museum.

There will be 1940’s music, and people will be invited to dress in period costume, with a prize for best dressed.

Ploughman’s lunches will be served (1-3pm) plus tea, coffee and cakes all afternoon along with the Mountfield Club bar.

Entry will be by donation, supporting village hall funds. The committee hope that this will be an opportunity for the village to get together in commemoration of this historic event and have some fun. See poster below.